The Road Winds Uphill All the Way: Gender, Work, and Family in the United States and Japan

The Road Winds Uphill All the Way: Gender, Work, and Family in the United States and Japan
ISBN-10
0262692635
ISBN-13
9780262692632
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
MIT Press
Authors
Myra H. Strober, Agnes Miling Kaneko Chan

Description

In an effort to understand the roots of gender inequality, Myra Strober and AgnesMiling Kaneko Chan conducted an extensive survey of the 1981 graduates of Stanford and TokyoUniversities--parallel populations in historically very different cultures. First-hand comments fromthe graduates are combined with quantitative analyses for a lively examination of the career andfamily choices of these highly educated women and men. The authors take a fresh look at thewidespread belief that U.S. gender equity is light years ahead of Japan's. The elite group ofJapanese and Americans in their study describe surprisingly similar experiences as they faced thejob market and began raising families.

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